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VOL. IV: NO. 162. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY SIOENING DECEMBER 10, 1899. PBICE 5 CENTS. 0ESTRE1GHER1CO 51 Patton Avenue. CLEARIHC SALE OF LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS. e offer Monday, Tuesday, Wednes jajr all tof our Tailor-Made Suits at prices which should close them the first d'ay of the offerioig. TAILOR-MADE SUITS. Ladies' grey homespun suits', fly. front and double breasted jackets,- large and small buttons, formerly L0 to $12, SPECIAL $7.25 Ladies' tailor made suits in brown, (black, diagonal! cloth, skirts and jack ets trimmed with (braid, formerly 412.50, SPECIAL $8.25 Ladies' tailor made 'Suits of grey jiomespoin with tunic Bilk, formerly 418, ' SPECIAL $11.50 Ladies' tailor made suits imi brown, black, blue and grey mixtures former ly $18 to $21 a suit SPECIAL SI3.25 HOUSEKEEPING LINENS. ,We are showing- a large line of table damask napkins and towels. These goods were purchased before the re cent heavy advance and we quote them aX former low prices. TABLE CLOTH. We have a few hem-stitched table cloths -with napkins to match, the prop er thing for a useful X-mas present, priced at our usual quick selling- prices. Millinery at Half Regular Price. You can buy everything' in our Mil linery department" at just half regular prices and we ore showing" the very latest and best things in this lime'. flESTREIGHER&GO 51 Patton Avenue. - ..MASSAGE.. AND PACKS. Treatment for: ' NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC and OTHER DISEASES. Special: THURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO FACE MASSAGE. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, .Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakland! Heights. Sanitarium.) . . 5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment. Office hours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to P. m. HOT SPBINQS WON. In Second Golf Match Each Have Now Won One. The Hot Springs and AshevilUe golf teams played the second game of the series yesterday morning on the links f the Swannaoa Country clulb in this city. The Hot Springs teton won, 1 ud. The game was close and very interesting. The captain -of the Ashe ville team was away, weakening1 them ne. Lambert, for Asheville, played the best game, making the 18 holes in strokes, and driving onto four "eens during the game. The: Asheville nf" was Laim!"beTt Lomey and Moale; the Hot Springs team J. E. and J. C. ttumbough and Denny. Lambert won. oyer Denny by 2 up, J. E. Rumltoough woa over Lbney by 3 up; J. C. Eum Dugh and Moale were, tied, making Tne matrh -v ov tr cit-nem i ht scores for the 18 holes "W'ere - ' . uai Lambert. 82: Lonev. 89: Moale. SO- Iennv 87- T r - DiimlKnnork'" SQ" E- Humbotfgh, 87.- PRIVATE ARSENAL IN CUBA. ; Havana. Div 7 Too wnvrvHcatlifin',! Permit the shipment of 12,000 Reming? nnes and 1.400.000 rounds- of. am- ""unitlon. from Clenfuegos for the 'Co- noian government has 'been granted v General Brooke.-The rifles andt am hition are the property .of. a-"Cuban in Domingo Nazabel. 'It is-v not Jn hbw he obtalnedi possession;-of uanities of rwar m'ateriaV and! a investigation : will toe made; .es- itta U'UM CU ,.114!. : V". . ?. b tv.y !tand of amis at -yariotis .places island Tt -t-iUVVif-mmnriein CRISIS OF UAR IS REACHED Advances Now Being Made Against Boers from East, South and West. Simultaneous - Movement tlie Three Generals. of Methuen Plans to Surprise Orange Free State Capital A Large Boer Force Awaiting to Give Him Battle at Spy tfontein. DESPATCHES REPORT THAT THE BRITISH HAVE ALREADY EN TERED BOER TERRITORY A PRETORIA DESPATCH STATES THAT THE BRITISH HAVE AT TACKED CRONJE'S FORCE AND THERE IS FIGHTING NEAR Kill BERLEY. London, Dec. 9. The crisis of the war 'has been reached. Simultaneous aggressive advances are now1 being made by Generals Bufller, Gatacre and Methuen respectively, and news of heavy fighting is momentarily expect ed. General Methuemi will' give th? Boers a genuine surprise if he follows the plan of which Laffan's London of fice as just received private informa tion. Methuen's colummi will if it fol lows the original design now turn sharply east from Modder. River and march, toward Blomfontein, capital of the Orange Free State. Nearly the whole Boer force Lm that neighborhood is intrenched at Spytfontelini, miaiway between Modder River and Kimtoerley, ready to make the last stand agait flJethuen's advance $ Che relief be tfia 'beueaueieu city. If Methiiea ."should' give (battle there would undoubtedly be the bloodiest fight of the war. Laffan's Pretoria correspondent vis- ited General Oronje's forces in front of Methuen this week. The brief censor ed despatch which he sent on return ing to Pretoria yesterday indicates that Cronje expects a great battle at Spyt fontein. BRITISH ENTER) BOER TERRI TORY. Despatches from the British indicate that the. British have at Hast set foot in Boer territory. Methuen's scouts have crossed the border near Modder River and peiwetrated close to Jacobs- dal. It is quite probable that a large force Was followed, 'but news of Me- thuen"s column is still meagre. The reported intention of the British com mander to march on Bloemfonteiai is really excellent tactics. He will leave a cumcuit country wiere ne is com pelled to fight In positions of the Boers' choosing and enter the;toroad plains of the Orange Free State, where battles will be f oujfbt in the open, which .will be fought to the 'advantage of the Brit ish. BATTLES IN PROGRESS. Pretoria, Dec. 9. Advices from the front state that the British attacked General Cronje's forces at Schbltz's Nek, south of Spytfontadn early this morning. Fighting is also reported north of Spytfontein in the direction of Kimlberley. This - seems to indicate that the Kimtoerley garrison has made another sortie. BRITISH WOUNDED CARED FOR. London, Dec. 9. The war office an nounces that Tesio.m.x ssteyn, or me Orange Free State, has sent word that a wounded lieutenant of lancers ana two .wounded privates captured In the Free State are toeing cared for. BRITISH CAPTURE A HILL. The war office bias received a despatch from General- BulTer, dated at Frere, December 9'," saying that a despatch was received from General white to day stating that he (White) sent a de tachment to surprise the hill unon which some guns were situated, and. that the enterprise was carried out ad- HAVE YOU PROPERTY FOR SALE OR REtIT? ' If so, we think it will be to your interest to place it with us. We have the most central office location that could toe desired, taxul we ; piomisei prompt y and dairefuli attention to every detail 'cf txusiness ! entrusted to us. VilLKIE & LaBARBE, 5 yRtal Estate Agents j y; miratoly and successfully. The de tachmenit, the despatch, said, captured the hill and. took several guns and a" quantity of guncotton. One of the guns captured, a Maxim, was brought to Ladyrnlth. The British loss was Ma jor Henderson wounded1 amd one man killed. The British burned the Boer krals and cut their ' telegraphi limes. London, Dec. 9. A (Boer despatch, dated Ladysmdth the 8th, says that the British stormed! andi captured Lombard kbp on that day. They put big- creusot gun and1 'howitzer out of action and; captured a Boer Maxim gun. GREAT RATTLE IN PROSPECT. Cape Town, Dec. 7 (Delayed. -It Is reported that the Boers are strongly entrenched at Spytfontein, and that they have been reinforced1 toy several thousand men. The heaviest kind of an engagement is expected at this point. The British, artillery will use lyddite shells for the first time. The navali brigade used these ' shells with great effect in an engagememt in Natal some weeks ago. GEN. DEL PILAR REPORTED KILLED W&s in Command of Aguinaldo's Guard which was Attacked by Marsh's Bat alion Four Honrs' Battle. Manila, Dec. 9. Relea'sed? Spanish pTflsoTiers have informed General Young thlait on December 3 Major March's bat talii'OD) (defeated; itihe guard accompanying Aguirualdo which' was commanded by Generail dell Pillar. The! b&itltle lasted lour hours amd oocuirined on fortified trail eighJteeft, miilas noir'thwesft oif Cer vantes. The insurgents lost seventy MS'letfi and -woumded. The Americam cas uafJties were one killed and efix wound ed. Ift is reporlted that General Pilar was killed. Major March at last ac counitta, was puTeu&ng Aguimaldo anU) hi'a guard into the mountiainis. General Young holdd Bangued. He has seized a hundred Spanish prisbnens, THE SAMOAN SETTLEMENT. How the News is Eeceived on the Partitioned Islands. Berlin, Dec. 9. Despatches received here from Apia, Samoa, dated Nbvem ber 27, say that news of the Samoan settlement by the United States, Ger many and Engliaind has been received with great satisfaction by the Ger- mans and a. .large, majority of the Sa, moans, tout Kdrug Maaietioa Tanu's peo pie oj-e depressed. The Emgllsh resi dents are dissatisfied: at the German success in the negotiations, negotia tions. RID THE TOWN OF SMOKE. Many Large Plants Will Use Electric ity for Power Soon. The board of aldermen last Friday evening put on its first reading a 30 years franchise to the North Carolina Electrical Power company. The dam of this company is about three-fifths completed and hiaisn't j leak in it, and the Officials of the com pany hope to see it finished early next summer. They will then be prepared to furnish electricity to the city t)o ran street cars, for electric lights amid fur nish poWeri for all purposes.' The Ashevil'Ile street railway and Biltmore street railway expect to use this power. besides many other large concerns This will rid the town of a great quan tity of smoke. DISCONTENTED CUBANS. Santiago, Dec. 9. At a meeting of the Maceo ctuto last night attended by- former officers and soldiers of the Cu ban army, the speakers teuuded General Wood's administration of the province but accused the Americanis of evidently making every effort to dispossess the Cubans of promised independence They denounced McKinley's message as a confession Of this treacherous in tention. One speaker said the time was nealr wihen Cub-amis would have to unite to sweep the oppressive invaders from the island. A dispatch from Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has been received toy the Veterans' association) statinlg that their dispatch tk McKinley protestin against the appointment of a civil gov ernor would receive due iattention. Some Men Must Encounter a Wall before "they can see it.' Thy do not realize, that there is a lathing wrong with their eyes -tihtll the r aie seriously' affected. When you detect s slight defect come to us. It might-Income serious if neglected, wale"' -he proper glasses, would correct it now. Scientific Opiieians, 45 Parion Ave.r-Blairs Furniture Store. HIS POSITION v. Throws upon Comfnittee the Obligation of Proving His Guilt. Denies He is Maintaining Polygamous Relations. Declines- to be Subjected to Cross Examination. Reserved the Eight Not to Appear Against Himself. COMMITTEE IS NOW PROCEED- ING WITH DETERMINATION TO GO TO UTAH TO TAKE TESTI MONY, AND WILL VENTILATE THE WHOLE MATTER OF THE MORMON CHURCH'S ATTITUDE ON POLYGAMY. Washington, Dec. 9. In the hearing before the special commissioni investi gating the Roberts case, Roberts today shifted his ground and greatly simpli fied the situation. Today he attemnf. ed to again take up the line of argu ment that he was entitled to the seat on prima facie evidence of his election, ama was informed that it was useless to pursue it further. ROBERTS MAKES DENIAL. Roberts thereupon, submitted a writ ten statement of denial of the allega tions that he had been and is now maintaining polygamous relations witii various wives. This had the effect of bringing the matter to an issue. By this move he cleverly shifted the bur den of the proof upon the committee, yet he made the significant admission Lirai ne am, not suomit tne aeniiail as X i j i r t i icanimony, ana tnat lr ne naa peen a witness under oath he might have tes titled differently. He also declined to Itah' .the stand as a witness, to toe sub fectecfc to- cross-examlnatfoin om th iruui 'or tne cnarges, although it was pointed out that toy so doing he mig.'it enable the committee to avoid a trip to Utah. He said he reserved the right not to appear against himself, and in the minds of .the committee his- action should be examined his own testimony would be sufficient to prove the charges. f WILL GO TO UTAH. In consequence of Robert's action the committee is proceeding with a de termlnatikxni to go to Utah to take testi m'ony. It is still possible that Roberts will reconsider and appear as a witness especially if pressure of the church Is brought to bear upon him to sacrifice himself rather than expose the church to the investigation of the committee. The committee is unsamimously of the opinion that it is time to ventilate the whole matter and prove or disprove the charge that the Mormon church and the state of Utah Was violated the compact with the United States. THE FINANCIAL BILL Some Details of the First Pas : age at Arms over the Measnre. Giazette Bureau, Washington, Dec. 9 It was announced1 tonight that at the meeting here, am the 12th instant, of the National Young Mens Republican league, a resoCtutibn would be intro duced declaring it to be. the sense of the league thiat Senator Pritchard is the logical candidate for the yice- presidency. Although the senator has nk knowledge of this movement letters have been received here, by the officers of the league, from almost all the southern states indicating the deter mination of the republicans of the south to. have Senator Pritchard en dorsed toy the national republican con vention as the candidate, for the vice presidency in 1901. The" session' bf congress Friday when an adjournment was taken t' Monday proved of more than usual interest.. The interesting feature of the proceedings came on a motion to take up the new currency, bill "Monday and' devote one week to its . discuss! on . Almost every member was far his seat and the galleries were filled A bright i spot on the floor was the desk bf Hon. ! R. B. Hawley, the republican mem-,-ber from the Galveston, Texas, district, i Mi. Hawley hadi been detained at home and the session; was the-first he had attended: since the opening of the term." His desk was (banked high, with floral designs and his view of , the speaker' was through., an arch made cf flowers. Hori Richmqnd- Pearson) and Judge Ewart occupied seats on the floor,. - ,v " ; - ' A shtort time was1 allowed! for the discussion of the motion relating to the finance toilL Frown the minority point i of view the motion affloirded the demo orats a spetnldid opportunity, to mani- i fest their -parliamentairy; : capatolllties, but they were, unequal to?theocoasion ; to on extent-'whlchi cfauffla onlyHbe dis- appointing to thbse mrho .lhaYeftfbud-. ness for decttaimatlattA TneCdemfacrats insisted that they were beingbound dreaded Reed, tout the manner n which they presented their grievances was somewhat tame. Mr. Richard soli, the minority leader, declared the reso lution an unprecedented one, and that, while he dad not wish to use a harsh or unparl iamentary term, it was am effort to "crowdf. legislation. It would take an entire week, said the mi nority leader, -'for the republicans to explain to their constituents the man ner in! which, they changed front on this most important question and that he wanted to dissent from the statement (Conifcinued on third page.) BRYAN OFFERED A HOME IN TEXAS Dallas, Dec. 9. The offer of one of the finest houses In Austia as a gift for a home was made to Bryan today, if he will become a citizen of Texas. The movement fs headed by Judge Walker. Bryan who is fishing and resting at Lake Surprise has not been heard from. MANY LIVES LOST IN MINE DISASTER Explosion of Gas Cats Off 80 "Men- Thirty Work Their Way Ont Heartrending Scene. Cartoanado, Wash., Dec. 9. The greatest mining accident in the history of coal mining here occurred this morn ing when a terrible explosion occurred in shaft -seven of the Carbon Hill coal mines. Between fifty and sixty lives are lost. The ongxn of the accident is mot definitely known, but it is believ ed that the miners broke into old mine wlorfkings which were filled with gas. An explosion- followed! as soon as the outpouring gas daime tan contact with a miner's lamp. The work of rescue was immediately begun. Thirty miners succeeded Jn working their way out of the mine badly stunned, but this leaves at least fifty Who were near the scene of the explosion: and must have been killed outright. The scenes around the shaft were heartrendering. Women and children gathered bewailing the loss of hus bands, fathers on brothers. Several dead bodies have been brought to the service and there is littli hope that any of those remaining in the mine are still alive . A relief train was sent from Tadoma this evening. Caiibohado is forty miles south of Tacoma. TAYLOR CETS HIS CERTIFICATE. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 9. At 9:45 this morning the election certificate of William S. Taylor was signed toy the election commissioners and he was de clared governor-elect of Kentucky The official figures of the vote filed with Secretary of State Finley ar: Taylor 193,714; uoeDel, 191,331; Taylor's plurality, 2,383. The operation whick ended for a time the toitterly fought gubernatorial con test was conducted in the simplest manner. The majority opinion of Com missioners Pryor and Ellis and the minority opinion of Commissioner Pbyntz, issued this morning, were not read as was the original intention. The three commissioners wadked first to the office of the clerk of the state supreme court where they filed the two opinions, then passed into the of fice of the secretary of state. Clerk Chenault, of the board! of commission ers, read the figures showing that the republican candidates for the offices on the state ticket received the largest number of votes, and then the certi ficates of election were signed at once, i jvir. rayior oeing tne nrst on tne list. Only fourteen people were in the room at the time and only two were there as1 spectators. There wtas no crowd around the building- and no in terest manifested in the work, save by those engaged in it. The certificates were filed with the secretary of state and the commissions are to be issued to the elected men at once by Governor Bradley. 1SI!II!SII$I$!ISISISI8I$!IIS "01S THE SQUARE" f $ e ALL THAT IS GOOD Agency "Rockbrook -Farm" Creamery Butter. - 0030 4 I Clarence Sawyer, i Suooeanr to ' W. F. SWDER. IN ; SHARP WORDS TO If. S. CONSUL Remarks on Alabama Claims Stir up Governor of British Columbia- Remarkable Tilt at Banquet in Victoria. Governor Charges that United States is Withholding Money Belonging to -Canadians Slighting Ansionft to "Statesmen " CONSUL SMITH REMAINS STAND ING DURING THESE REMARKS AND REFRAINED "BY INTENSE EFFORT FROM REPLYING TO THEM. . Victoria, Dec. 9. Lieutenant Gov ernor Mclnniss of British Columbia, got into a dispute tonight with United States Consul Smith, at the annual banquet of the British Columbia pioneer society, in regard to the attitude of England toward the United States in 1864 Mclnniss replying to a toast de clared that England hiaid only friendship for the United States, which she had continually evidenced since '64 wttien if It had not been her friendly offices pre venting the interference of other na tions disintegration of the union, must have resulted. Smith, responding to another toast took execption to Mclnniss' statement, saying he had distinct recollection of the operation of a certain "Alabama,'' which did not substantiate the eulo gistic British friendship in 1864. Mclnniss hotly interrupted the con sul, expressing surprise that the "Al abama' should be referred to, adding' that England hacfi paid damages in connection with the "albania,' while there -wjere now five mlllfons of dollars in the treasury of the UniteO' States belonging to Canadians which would be held as long as amy political expedi ent remained to the "statesmen" of the republic. Consul Smith remained) standing during the remarks of the governor, and evidently refrained by intense 'ef fort from retaliatoy arraignment, and closed his address with quiet dignity STRANGE STORY ABOUT MAJOR JOHN A. LOGAN Suspiction that he was Killed by One of His Own Men. Sato Francisco, Dec. 9. According f statements of various officers and mem bers of the crew oif the 'Craneport Sher idan, vxyw at this port, there is ground for Buspticlon that M'ajor John A. Logan was killed by omie of blis meta. It i declatrekl that he was unpopular and that he incurred the hatred of his men by having thrown itihe companies' mas cot dog overboard because he had whlp- ped Logan's dog. Gooa night! Use goft white hands in AJ' druggista. Camphorllne; hav the morning. 25c Mm. P. R. Daroy ay: "Camphor line Is not only good for chapped hands but for bunna and inflamed eurfaces also. My husband would have been badly burned the other day had I not used Camphor" ine quickly and freely" At home and abroad, hundreds corf use Oamphorline. The famous chapped hand and rough skin lotion; 25c. Grant's No. 24 cures Colds and La Grippe. Quickly controls chills, fever and pain. 25c. at Grant's. Year by year the sales of Camphorlin increase. Could this toe true of a fake 25c; all druggist. EARLY HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. 0990 To the people who wish shop before the crowds get to in: We beg to invite your inspection of our lines which are now ready. Mur M. Field Co., LEAOIIIG JEWELERS. 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